CISE Research Instrumentation: Effective Visual Presentation of Computer Generated Information

96-16969 Roman，Gruia-Catalin 哈伯德，P.M. 圣路易斯华盛顿大学 CISE研究仪器：计算机生成信息的有效视觉呈现 仪器拨款将资助四个SGI图形工作站连接到一个高速通信网络，以提供一个测试台配置支持四个项目，其共同目标是提高计算机的能力，以视觉形式交流信息，供人类消费。分布式计算的基于查询的可视化.网络管理的可视化.实用计算几何学.时间关键图形操作.基于查询的可视化是一种允许人们在完全可视化的环境中探索正在执行的分布式计算的技术。一个图形词汇表是用来制定有关的问题，并构建有关的计算状态的答案。这将导致一个新的角度对分布式软件的可视化调试和监控。 网络可视化，管理和控制项目旨在探索在高速，大容量数据生产和快速响应需求的环境中使用可视化和交互式转向。在这项工作中开发的技术将适用于广泛的复杂的应用程序，可以受益于人为的，动态的参数调整。实用计算几何项目涉及几何算法的简单性和鲁棒性问题，寻求对计算机图形学，计算生物学和可视化中基本问题的理论理解。最后，时间关键型计算机图形学是一项研究工作，旨在开发图形操作，如渲染和碰撞检测，以适应资源限制，对人类表现的影响最小。

96-16969 Roman, Gruia-Catalin Hubbard, P. M. Washington University in St. Louis CISE Research Instrumentation: Effective Visual Presentation of Computer Generated Information The instrumentation grant will fund four SGI graphics workstations connected to a high speed communication network to provide a testbed configuration supporting four projects whose common goal is to enhance the computer's ability to communicate information in visual form for human consumption. Query -Based Visualization of Distributed Computations- Visualization for Network Management- Practical Computational Geometry- Time Critical Graphics Operations. Query-based visualization is a technique that allows one to explore an executing distributed computation in a totally visual environment. A graphical vocabulary is used to formulate questions about and construct answers regarding the state of the computation. This will lead to a novel perspective on visual debugging and monitoring of distributed software. The network visualization, management, and control project seeks to explore the use of visualization and interactive steering in an environment characterized by high-speed, high-volume data production and a demand for rapid response. The techniques developed in this work will be applicable to a wide range of complex applications that can benefit from human-directed, dynamic adjustment of parameters. Practical computational geometry project deals with the issues of simplicity and robustness in geometric algorithms, seeking a theoretical understanding of fundamental problems in computer graphics, computational biology, and visualization. Finally, time-critical computer graphics is a research effort to develop graphical operations such as rendering and collision detection that adapt to resource limitations with minimal impact on human performance.